Demand

Understand what’s driving, or dampening, customer demand across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and contract catering. Our focused reporting features dining trends, footfall patterns, booking behaviour, menu shifts, delivery and takeaway volumes, and the wider economic factors impacting consumer spend in hospitality. Whether you’re adapting to shifting weekday trade, reacting to seasonal fluctuations, or planning promotional strategies, this archive offers data-driven insights to help operators, chefs, and F&B leaders align operations with real-time market dynamics.

  • Jul- 2020 -
    1 July
    CommentThe impact of COVID-19 on your water offer – what you need to know

    The impact of COVID-19 on your water offer – what you need to know

    The repercussions of Covid-19 have been far-reaching for all, especially for those in the hospitality industry, where measures meant that businesses have been closed and normal services put on hold. It’s safe to say these temporary closures have left many of us looking forward to visiting our favorite restaurants, pubs…

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  • Jun- 2020 -
    30 June
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsCaffè Nero to reopen 400 stores to eat in from 4 July

    Caffè Nero to reopen 400 stores to eat in from 4 July

    Caffè Nero has announced it will reopen 400 stores for eat-in from the 4 July. The stores will open with protocols in place to ensure its employees and customers remain safe and in accordance with government advice and social distancing guidance.  The stores will offer Caffè Nero’s coffee and other…

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  • 29 June
    Pubs and BarsRevolution outlines ‘cautious’ reopening

    Revolution outlines ‘cautious’ reopening

    Ahead of the hospitality sector’s reopening later this week, Revolution Bars has confirmed its  intention to reopen six of its bars on 6 July, and keep them open for a “minimum” period of two weeks. The “cautious” recommencement of trading forms part of the group’s plan to “fully test” customer…

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  • 26 June
    PeopleCrussh appoints Simon Foster as new CEO

    Crussh appoints Simon Foster as new CEO

    Crussh has appointed Simon Foster as the company’s new CEO to lead the re-start of the brand and navigate its next stage of development. According to the brand, Foster has made a career of building successful British brands, including Thorntons, Hovis, and most recently Yorica. As CEO of Crussh, Foster…

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  • 24 June
    News145 million additional pints to be sold with one-metre rule

    145 million additional pints to be sold with one-metre rule

    Following the government’s announcement that social distancing is to be reduced to one-metre, CGA has calculated the precise sales boost this could give hospitality. According to the data group, the move would allow for 145 million additional pints of beer to be sold through the hospitality sector, compared with what…

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  • 23 June
    Pubs and BarsStar Pubs and Bars reveals £250k investment package

    Star Pubs and Bars reveals £250k investment package

    Star Pubs and Bars has announced it is investing in a “comprehensive” reopening support package for its 2,500 pubs. The package includes a £250,000 investment into point-of-sale safety materials, with a free pack available to every licensee. The latest investment adds to Star Pubs and Bars’ £21m investment in rent…

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  • 17 June
    CommentFrom the garage to the boardroom

    From the garage to the boardroom

    Over the course of the last three months, while stuck in my garage working away in some of the coldest conditions known to man (or a least this man), I have looked for positives where there only seem to be negatives. In doing so, I remembered that, in my career…

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  • 9 June
    Catering CompaniesSodexo reaffirms its sustainability commitments

    Sodexo reaffirms its sustainability commitments

    Sodexo has announced it has reaffirmed its five key sustainability commitments to work with employees, clients and suppliers for a “more resilient and green economic recovery”. Sodexo said it is the first food services company with a carbon emission reduction objective in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global…

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  • 8 June
    RestaurantsRevolution bars secures £15m from share placing

    Revolution bars secures £15m from share placing

    Revolution Bars Group has revealed it has raised £15m from a share placing. Revolution Bars said that subject to resolutions being passed at its general meeting to be held on or around 26 June 2020, in aggregate, 75,017,495 New Ordinary Shares are to be issued pursuant to the Firm Placing…

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  • 5 June
    CommentReal-time contact with remote teams

    Real-time contact with remote teams

    Catering is one of the numerous FM services that has proven itself to be essential in recent weeks. Though a lot of workplaces have closed, schools and care homes are just two examples of places that have continued to require catering services. As we prepare for schools to welcome back…

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